It didn't take streaming long to come full circle

[humminbird]

Yeah I don't like the direction of where this is heading

You may be able to “find” the full series online somewhere

 

[FromStLouis]

I'm just waiting (maybe in vain) for millennials to wisen up to broadcast TV.

Its right there and free. It just needs a bump in quality.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I'm just waiting (maybe in vain) for millennials to wisen up to broadcast TV.

Its right there and free. It just needs a bump in quality.

lol

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

TV was always a subscription model. People fled cable TV because they said it was too expensive. The thing they fled to isn't really less expensive it's just that studios for a time were willing to eat the cost to grow.

 

[phillycavsfan]

I'm just waiting (maybe in vain) for millennials to wisen up to broadcast TV.

Its right there and free. It just needs a bump in quality.

 

[FromStLouis]

lol

It could work, it doesn't have to go the way of AM Radio.

 

[MajesticLion]

 

[daemonova]

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

TV was always a subscription model. People fled cable TV because they said it was too expensive. The thing they fled to isn't really less expensive it's just that studios for a time were willing to eat the cost to grow. Unlike stuff like video games where companies can make more money after the purchase (if that's even needed anymore as mobile has shown it's not) than on the purchase itself TV isn't going to survive people not subscribing to it at high price rates. If the mom that doesn't watch sports doesn't pay for ESPN as part of a forced bundle than whatever she was paying the people that want ESPN are going to have to pay that share. The cost goes up. That's à la carte people paying more for what they want to have the freedom to not pay for what they don't want.

I said the same thing and folks in here thought I was talking crazy. Once you add it all up MAX,Netflix,Starz,ESPN package and a live subscription service (I have Philo so it’s cheaper) you might as well have cable back. We will NEVER see cheaper television service, shyt these cable providers are probably making MORE money now because they’re directly getting paid.

 

[winb83]

There really needs to be some consolidation, a greater focus on quality, and some of these studios are just going to have to face the harsh reality that their content largely isn't worth its own app.

That's what cable TV was. Everything under a singe roof. Granted all of it wasn't on demand but the fragmentation from cable to different apps is not working out so well. In the end we will probably have 5 major apps costing over $20 each. Back to a $100 monthly bill for TV.

 

[winb83]

Gaming changed primary business models a while ago. There is more money in getting people to buy content for a game than buying a game.

Television is a mostly subscription model partially monetized by ads but mostly from subscribers monthly fees.

They're nothing alike. TV doesn't have DLC or in app purchases. Gaming is more like the computer software business which also switched from selling users one time individual software to selling software as a perpetually ongoing service.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Gaming changed primary business models a while ago. There is more money in getting people to buy content for a game than buying a game.

Television is a mostly subscription model partially monetized by ads but mostly from subscribers monthly fees.

They're nothing alike. TV doesn't have DLC or in app purchases. Gaming is more like the computer software business which also switched from selling users one time individual software to selling software as a perpetually ongoing service.

The latter which also ended up Costing me more Money

 

[winb83]

The latter which also ended up Costing me more Money

In software every piece of software is its own service. That's not practical in gaming.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

In software every piece of software is its own service. That's not practical in gaming.

The thing is, theres nothing really stopping gaming companies from stripping us of those rights whenever they see fit. If they want to put us on a subscription service and decide how much and how often we can play those games and like disney and netflix has been doing, taking those games off the service indefinitely. theres nothing we’ll be able to do about it at that point, just like we can’t with music and video.

If one day Spotify decides Michael jackson is problematic and bad for business we lose access to those songs. Just like if microsoft decides to phase out physical games and then decides games wiht licensed music are no longer eligible for download.

You are literally surrendering what little control you have to these companies all for the sake of saving a couple bucks in the immediate future. Long term its inevitable they we lose more control over the products and services we pay for

I had one copy of photoshop from like junior year of highschool until i graduated college and started working. Now I have to pay for photoshop every single month for upgrades i don’t even need and they are most likely sharing my data since i gotta be online

 

[the cac mamba]

l. In the end we will probably have 5 major apps costing over $20 each. Back to a $100 monthly bill for TV.

why the hell would people have all 5 at once?

i bought a year of hbo max, and then every couple months i switch off between netflix and hulu. between 2 apps, youtube, and free shyt on fire tv, thats plenty to watch